dürsten
German, verb
dürsten is spelled D-Ü-R-S-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dürsten is a German verb meaning “to thirst” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, dursten is a different word: “to thirst, be thirsty”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Durst haben”.
What does dürsten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thirst
mich dürstet sehr
verb
- 1
to thirst, be thirsty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Durst haben
verb: 1. Durst haben 2. nach etwas verlangen, etwas haben wollen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dürsten
- dürstet present singular third-person
- dürstete past
- gedürstet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dürstend participle present
- dürste first-person indicative present
- dürstest indicative present second-person
- dürsteten first-person indicative plural
- dürstetest indicative preterite second-person
- dürstetet indicative plural preterite
- dürst imperative second-person singular
- habe gedürstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gedürstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- durste present
- durstest present
- durstet present
- durstete past
- durst! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dürsten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dürsten in German?
dürsten appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).